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Conference govt02::basingstoke

Title:	* BASINGSTOKE - Gateway to Wessex *
Notice:	BASINGSTOKE - John Arlott lived here - then left, I wonder why
Moderator:	COMICS::CORNEJ

Created:	Wed Jul 27 1988
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	925
Total number of notes:	5875

381.0. "... BUT IS IT LEGAL?" by SHAPES::HALIFAXK () Thu Dec 13 1990 11:48

    I was given a police radar detection machine recently as a present.  It
    works off a car cigarette lighter, but as I have neither a car that
    goes fast enough to warrant having it or a cigarette lighter I want to
    sell it.
    
    However, before advertising it for sale I want to check that it is
    actually legal to operate one of these machines.  Are there any speed
    merchants out there that:
    
    (a)  Know it's legality
    (b)  Want to buy it (offers considered)
    
    Cheers!
    
    Karen

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
381.1		OVAL::GROOMN	BOY - it's HOT	`Thu Dec 13 1990 14:55`	2
	a/ Not illegal to own, illegal to use.
381.2		BRABAM::PHILPOTT	Col I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' Philpott	`Thu Dec 13 1990 15:31`	6
	also since it doesn't deal with VASCAR (a sort of super calculator/stopwatch) or the newly developed laser speed measurers, it can instil a nasty sense of over confidence... /. Ian .\
381.3	Illegal for intended purpose	JANUS::BARKER	Jeremy Barker - T&N/CBN Diag. Eng. - Reading, UK	`Fri Dec 14 1990 11:50`	4
	It is perfectly legal to own one of these devices. It is of dubious legality to use it and it is definitely illegal to act on any information it gives you. jb
381.4		KERNEL::ROE	3.16 - know what I mean, John?	`Fri Dec 14 1990 15:28`	9
	>> and it is definitely illegal to act on any information it gives you. "I'm awfully sorry, Officer. I wanted to slow down once I'd spotted your radar, but I knew it was illegal to do so." Don't think this would be considered mitigating circumstances! Mike
381.5	There is a way...	HEWIE::RUSSELL	Middle-aged Mutant Hero Turtle (UK option)	`Fri Dec 14 1990 16:10`	14
	it goes along the lines of : Unless you have a special license, you can only "listen" to certain transmissions.. You can't get a license to listen to police Radar guns; therefore you must switch off (or re-tune) the recieving apparatus, if you recieve these transmissions. Now, it would be unsafe to do this while you are driving, so I'd strongly recommend slowing down before fiddling with the controls. Peter.
381.6		ARRODS::CARTER	Treat me like I'm a bad girl...	`Thu Dec 20 1990 10:34`	6
	Rent it out for "special" trips... Can I borrow it for my trip to Scotland ;-) Xtine